Winning Ward 1, click by click
For candidates for the Ward 1 aldermanic seat, first impressions matter — even in cyberspace.
The Web sites of the three Ward 1 aldermanic candidates — Katie Harrison ’11, Mike Jones ’11 and Minh Tran ’09 — each serve slightly different purposes. But the primary one behind them all remains the same: reaching out to voters. Though many Yale students do not have the time to attend campaign rallies, many interviewed said a glance over the candidate’s Web site can make or break their vote.
“We have to compete for the attention of all Yalies,” said Lea Yu ’10, the creator of...
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By Michael F.
9:13a.m. on March 5, 2009
"The purpose of the site, she added, is to let people know who Jones is, not to spin his image."
this is just silly. this is campaigning! everything is spin!
"Web sites are much more significant than face-to-face campaigning"?
Perhaps it would be better to actually meet the candidates and have a conversation with them?